ML213481561

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Pen-bird folks, This afternoon around 2:30pm I found a good looking Tropical Kingbird at the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma. The location was in the section of the cemetery that is south of El Camino Real, almost exactly where the Vermilion Flycatcher spent the winter of 2016-17. This stretch is pretty birdy with flycatchers and thrushes. The Tropical Kingbird was wide ranging, but came back several times to a perch near the top of a small yew(?) with dead branches on top. He was also chased away a bit by the bluebirds, which were the only birds that seemed to mind his presence. The yew tree was here 37.669597, -122.456826 though the flycatcher used the whole lawn. Chris Hayward was nearby and we were able to refine the bird pretty quickly when he arrived. Chris told me that Laurie Graham had one here in December, so I figure this bird has overwintered here. Chris and I saw it fly off to the distance (toward the north), but I’ll bet it returns here frequently.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Lens

EF500mm f/4L IS II USM

ISO

250

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/2000 sec

Dimensions

2880 pixels x 1920 pixels

Original file size

1.29 MB